Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Pits Near Rhabon Valles
Original Caption Released with Image:
25 June 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a series of pits running down the center of a broad, shallow trough called a graben. On Mars, many such troughs, and attendant pits, are the result of geologic forces that extended the crust as the Tharsis region of Mars bulged outward to form what is known as, well, the Tharsis Bulge. This graben and pit chain are located near the Rhabon Valles around 23.8°N, 92.3°W. The image covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide; sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
1024 samples x 1536 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-768
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Valles
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
25 June 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
Image #:
PIA06329
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA06329
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Pits Near Rhabon Valles